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Official Journal of the Human Genome Organisation

Table 1 Sample set characteristics, N (%)

From: The use of race, ethnicity and ancestry in human genetic research

Total sample

N = 170

Year of publication

 2008

N = 93 (54.7%)

 2009

N = 77 (45.3%)

Journal of publication (2008 impact factor)

 American Journal of Human Genetics (10.153)

N = 41 (24.1%)

 Human genetics (4.042)

N = 38 (22.4%)

 Nature (31.434)

N = 13 (7.6%)

 Nature Genetics (30.259)

N = 40 (23.5%)

 PLoS Genetics (8.883)

N = 32 (18.8%)

 Science (28.103)

N = 6 (3.5%)

Article general field of interest

 Population genetics

N = 26 (15.2%)

 Medical

N = 127(74.7%)

 Methods

N = 9 (5.3%)

 Non-medical

N = 8 (4.7%)